SEC: Bruce Pearl not returning; Saban daughter’s lawsuit

Leading off today’s SEC links is turmoil in Tennessee. With the current Vols off to a rocky basketball start, UT fans miss the days when Bruce Pearl was coach. Those who hope for Pearl’s return, however, are fixating on a pipe dream, writes Tennessean columnist David Climer.

Pearl’s show-cause penalty from the NCAA is about to expire and no doubt a school will hire the enthusiastic and unconventional coach who guisded Tennessee to the Elite Eight in 2010. It’s hard to see UT offering, however, or Pearl accepting.